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By 1850 the European explorers and traders had finally secured a reliable profitable trading system with the native Africans
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Because of the misunderstanding if the Enfield Rifles, the Indian Sepoys rebel, causiing the British East India Company to be destroyed and the British Crown takes full control of the country.
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The Egyptians, with the help of French funding, build the Suez Canal. This becomes the link between the Meditrranean and Red seas
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The Europeans saw what profitable potential in resources and slavery Africa is and meet in Berlin, Germany to divide it into different random colonies for each European country to rule.
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Hawaii’s last sovereign queen takes the throne and becomes the last leader of the country.
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King Menelik II, leader of Etheopia of the last free African countries, fights the Italians in the Battle of Adwa and leads his country to victory.
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American declares an unjustified war on Spain over an exploded ship in a Cuban harbor. After 8 months the US emerged victorious and had gained the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
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The Dutch farmers of Boers begin fighting the British invading South Africa. The Dutch resistance fighters start using guerilla warfare tactics to fight their enemies.
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Although the Africans did not roll over and play dead while the Europeans invaded thier continent, they were unsucsessful in protecting Africa due to the Europeans advances technology and weaponry. All countries were under European control with the exception of Niger and Ethiopia.
